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I think pacing Evenepoel for 20+km against multiple riders is more tiring than staying in the wheels in the front group
I think pacing Evenepoel for 20+km against multiple riders is more tiring than staying in the wheels in the front group
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I think people are overrating Caruso's tt. I don't see him putting too much time into Bernal.Looking at the 2 mountain stages left Bernal could definetely lose this if same thing happens as today, Caruso is the best bet cause of his TT, if he can drop Bernal than....
I love Giro
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Finally some interesting stuff in the mountains, this race really needed it after the monday coverage/cancellation fiasco and Zonc being kinda meh. Knew this climb would produce gaps, but the way I saw it was Bernal wrecking havoc again with guys like Yates, Carthy, Caruso or Bardet battling for the best of the rest behind him.
Very impressed by Martin, he was absolutely exceptional here and this performance is going down as one of highlights of the Giro for me.
Just like many of you already said - Bernal's victory is still safe, UNLESS it actually is a back issue. If so, then God knows if he can hold it on saturday, even with how great Martinez has been. Otherwise yeah Yates and maybe even Caruso could open a gap but at the end of the day can't see it being over a minute. One thing for sure is that today's final climb certainly opens the door for some interesting stuff and possible attacks on friday and especially saturday ofc, Almeida will definitely go for it, Yates will also try, hopefully the weather is good though because otherwise that kills the Yates.
Very impressed by Martin, he was absolutely exceptional here and this performance is going down as one of highlights of the Giro for me.
Just like many of you already said - Bernal's victory is still safe, UNLESS it actually is a back issue. If so, then God knows if he can hold it on saturday, even with how great Martinez has been. Otherwise yeah Yates and maybe even Caruso could open a gap but at the end of the day can't see it being over a minute. One thing for sure is that today's final climb certainly opens the door for some interesting stuff and possible attacks on friday and especially saturday ofc, Almeida will definitely go for it, Yates will also try, hopefully the weather is good though because otherwise that kills the Yates.
if he would have a chance to win Giro I expect him to do the best TT of his life, Alaphilippe like
cool head, great pacing, stamina and v good TT. should have some successful GTs in him.
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Not necessarily.. It's commonly known that pacing Remco Evenepoel, gives you extra kick of motivation and long lasting freshness in your legs, just when you realise how lucky you are to have a possibility of being that close to the biggest cycling's prodigy.
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I think Bernal's TT is as good a Caruso's? The "same thing as happened today" only happens if its his back. If his back is fine, then today was just a bad day. He has been dominant before today and won't be overcooked so can't be expected to fade.
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Addy Engels' brain exploded at the concept of having a bad day and still leading because you took advantage of your good form when you had it.
reading this thread looks like Bernal will have an excuse everytime he is droped for the rest of his carrer, it was his back.
I buy his "back" story as much as I buy the Froome "bilharzia"story.
Last year at TDF he said he was doing his best numbers ever and than his "back" happened as he got droped.
I beliveve there was to much pressure put on him last year and when he saw he couldnt compete Sky invented another stroy
I buy his "back" story as much as I buy the Froome "bilharzia"story.
Last year at TDF he said he was doing his best numbers ever and than his "back" happened as he got droped.
I beliveve there was to much pressure put on him last year and when he saw he couldnt compete Sky invented another stroy
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Extremely back of the envelope calculations, but if today's performances were replicated in the ITT, Caruso would gain 1'15'' approximately
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So you are denying that Bernal was head and shoulders the strongest GC rider before today? Maybe you missed that Yates lost over 2 minutes yesterday? I will be surprised if today was first signs of fading. Also, as I mentioned Caruso hasn't had a bad day yet and he isn't a stronger TTer than Bernal. Similar but not better.
no I am not but so was Roglic in 2019, a lot can happen in 3 weeks, form goes up for some and down for others
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Not sure if it was here or another forum but a few days ago when discussing how dominant this in form Bernal would be in the TdF I countered by saying I don't think he is someone who can handle attacks from multiple rivals.
I think we saw a bit of that today
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I'm the only one here that thinks joao almeida he is a perfect lider for ineos train?
There obviously was something wrong with his body in the Tour last year. He was one of the 3 best riders for 2 weeks, then suddenly he wasn't 1 of the best 30 riders in the race.
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yeah, he exploded like many before him and after; to much pressure put on him cause of his TDF win a year before, the question is can it happen again....
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Let's spend the next 2 weeks arguing what to make of his comeback on San Valentino
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